The smell of pepper and curry wafted through the square.

All three are dressed in the clothes that the locals like, and the colors are bright and fancy. Both Rohmon and Ace have beards, and since they haven't been trimmed for a long time, they actually look a lot like ***. The donkey's face is clean, but he has a *** hat on his head. The three of them together looked like an unfashionable band, except that they didn't have those ridiculous instruments in their hands.

Here they met with Captain Mustafa Saeed of Pakistan's Ministry of Home Affairs, who was patrolling the border with security forces to cooperate with the U.S. military's counterterrorism efforts. Pakistan provides the intelligence, and the US mobile unit carries out the arrest, and this is the basic way of cooperation between the two sides. The young Saeed was a star of the Pakistani security forces, having participated in two major operations in 2002 when Pakistani security forces captured al-Zubayda, an important aide to bin Laden, and in 2003 when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the main mastermind of the 911 terrorist attacks, was captured.

"Asram Alegum." Said, dressed in civilian clothes, smiled and greeted the three of them. This phrase means "Allah bless", and it is a greeting that must be said when meeting each other in *** countries, and people say it countless times every day.

With curly black hair, cheerful eyes and a well-manicured mustache on his lips, as the Pakistani folk song goes, "Said is a handsome lad."

"Asram Alegum." The little donkey also became solemn. "My friend, my brother, how are you doing?"

Saeed studied in the UK and speaks English with a London accent.

"Very well, my Chinese brother, I miss you very much."

Saeed then took them to a small restaurant on the side of the road, and the rest of the small talk was full of donkeys and Saeed.

ROMON AND ACE HADN'T HAD A FORMAL MEAL SINCE YESTERDAY AND WERE BOTH HUNGRY NOW. The food here is mainly pilaf or flatbread with curry, lamb, chicken, etc. Pakistanis love to eat spicy food, whether it is meat, fish, legumes, or vegetables, the vast majority of which are spicy; They don't have the habit of stir-frying, whether it's beef, mutton, fish, or all kinds of beans and vegetables, they like to stew them well. Another well-known feature here is that the food should be eaten with your hands and not afraid of being hot.

Let's put it this way, if you eat it every once in a while, the flavor here is quite delicious. LOMON AND ACE ONLY HAD BREAD AND FISH, AND THE OTHER TWO ASKED FOR MEAT PILAF AND BLACK TEA. Generally speaking, because of the constant need to lurk, special forces members want to avoid a special smell on their bodies, so they are quite picky about food, because a good soldier or sniper can even smell a peculiar smell within a radius of tens of meters. For example, Shen Maopai is completely vegetarian.

Saeed and Mao Xiaodon met during a Sino-Pakistani military exchange two years ago, and the two talked very well, often mingling on their respective holidays, and became good friends after coming and going. When the two of them were chatting, no one else could interject at all. LED BY THE DONKEY, THE POLITE SYED OFTEN POPS UP FAMOUS PHRASES SUCH AS "FUCK" AND "SONOFBITCH" IN HIS LONDON-ACCENTED ENGLISH. The frequency of occurrence is so high that even Romon and Ace can't stop shaking their heads.

But ACE also figured out one thing, they came here to buy a helicopter on the black market here.

The news was provided to the donkey by Said. He only knew who was going to sell the plane, but he didn't know what the plane's condition was or whether it could fly. One thing is for sure, this is a Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunship that was obtained in the hands of the former Soviet Union, and it is the tribal armed forces here that will sell it. The conceivable reason is that the plane is too old or that no one in the tribal armed forces would use such a powerful weapon. ACE immediately wanted to ask a question, but Rohmon stopped him silently.

"So, would you like to take a look?" Said took turns looking at the expressions of the three people.

The little donkey nodded repeatedly. "It's all here, of course it sees."

Said's expression became serious. "Be careful, we're going somewhere more dangerous than here."

ACE couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you bring your security forces with us?" ”

Said glanced at the donkey. "Because I'm doing my Chinese brothers a favor. If I take the security forces with me, the helicopter will be a trophy of the Pakistani government. Of course, then you can get it, but I'm sure you'll have to write a lot of reports by then. ”

"That's right. If we can buy one now, who the fuck would want to report anything. The donkey took the backpack that Rohmon had brought, and took out two stacks of dollars from it and placed them in front of Said. Don't make things so complicated, bureaucracy kills. ”

ACE'S EYES WIDENED AS HE SAW THAT HIS BACKPACK WAS FULL OF DOLLARS.

"Where did you get that?"

"Right from Amat's jeep." Seeing ACE's expression, the little donkey looked at Rohmon with a clear expression. "So you haven't told this big guy what we're here for."

Saeed drove his car in front of him, and the donkey drove behind.

ACE FINALLY COULDN'T HELP BUT ASK HIS OWN QUESTION. "Why should we buy a helicopter? If we need that, we can bring one over at any time. More importantly, if you do this, is there still a royal law? ”

The little donkey gloated and looked at Rohm. "You didn't communicate with him at all?"

Rohmon calmly looked out the window. "I haven't had time to talk to him yet."

ACE let out a breath through his nose, and he could hear him barely holding back his impatience.

"Romon, you'd better answer my question now."

"I bought an airplane because it was useful, and I didn't want anyone to know that we had an out-of-staff helicopter." Rohmon was still looking out the window. "We need this helicopter."

ACE is even more confusing. "Why can't we let people know we have helicopters?"

"Because we're going to drug trafficking." The little donkey joked viciously. "It's very convenient to have a helicopter like this, and it's awesome, especially when we don't have the capital. You've got a lot of problems. ”

ACE punched him in the seat so hard that the donkey almost hit the steering wheel.

"I didn't ask you a question right now, so you shut up for me!"

Stopping the little donkey from turning back, Rohmon looked back at ACE with no expression on his face.

"It was my own decision because I thought it was necessary."

ACE looked at Rohmon and tried to suppress his anger. "Can you tell me more about why?"

Romon shook his head. "Not at the moment. But if you don't want to participate, I can put you down here. ”

"That's right, if you're scared, I can stop here and drop you off, and then I'll take you back when we get back." This time, the donkey's tone sounded serious. "What Rohm needs is volunteers."

ACE HESITATED. No matter what happens next, it's much better to be in it than to stay out of it, and no matter what the companion is going to do, as long as they come out together, he can't leave the companion at this time.

"Romon, when the matter is over, you have to explain it to me well."

Rohmon smiled. HE LOOKED AT ACE WITH A COMPLICATED LOOK IN HIS EYES AND A RELUCTANT SMILE.

"yes, we'll have a good talk when this is over."